HR 4463 · 97th Congress · Transportation and Public Works
Railroad Land Grant Development Act of 1981
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Introduced2
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Senate5
EnactedLatest: Referred to Subcommittee on Energy and the Environment.(1981-10-05)
Plain Language Summary
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Railroad Land Grant Development Act of 1981 - Amends the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920 to repeal the limitation on the acquisition of a coal lease or permit by a railroad. Requires a railroad leasing public lands adjacent to grant lands held by the railroad to annually determine its net revenues from resource development and to use at least 33 1/3 percent of such revenues for the operation and maintenance of the railroad, and of that 33 1/3 percent at least 33 1/3 percent must be used to operate and maintain railroad branchlines.…
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